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JOHN BRADSHAW
April 2026
Dear Partner in ministry, It’s possible that by the time this letter arrives in your mailbox, the conflict in Iran will be over. We hope and pray for that. But it’s also possible that the war with Iran will still be taking place. It’s entirely possible that it could have escalated to a place no one would have expected. What we know for sure is that more people will have died, more lives will have been upended, and more people will be wishing for Jesus to return and put an end to pain and suffering. Pastor Costa posing with a few of the 500 precious souls baptized at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
But that’s not going to happen. Jesus is not going to return. Not yet. And we know that because Jesus Himself said in Matthew 24:14, “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Jesus doesn’t return until the gospel goes to the world. The exciting news is, God is using It Is Written right now to take the gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. This past weekend, Pastor Robert Costa from It Is Written preached from a platform on Lake Titicaca, at an altitude of 12,500 feet, to a congregation of over 5,000 people. Five hundred precious souls were baptized, the majority of whom traced their first contact with the